The first shakedown sessions for the 2026 Formula 1 car have been taking place in Barcelona. One team appears to have an early advantage. (Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images) Barcelona has hosted ...

The complexity of F1's 2026 rules overhaul is such that teams requested an extra shakedown on top of two three-day tests in Bahrain to prepare for the start of the season in Melbourne in March. The ...

It has been a very weird week in the world of Formula 1: cars have hit the track for the first time in 2026 but the general public, media included, has only been drip-fed information. In a world where ...

Early running in Barcelona offered valuable clues about which teams are adapting quickest to Formula 1’s new technical era. The first on-track action of the 2026 Formula 1 season delivered spins, ...

After watching the early running at Barcelona, McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes the same four teams will stay ahead of the pack under F1’s 2026 regulations. Formula 1 has entered a new era in 2026 with ...

Ten new cars, five days, no fans. And plenty of security. Formula 1 started a new era with the public and the media excluded from the teams’ reliability-focused private testing session in Spain on ...

Ferrari flew under the radar for most of the three days of running, but late on it wound up topping the timesheets, with Lewis Hamilton’s effort on Friday narrowly eclipsing George Russell’s previous ...

Nearing the end of its very first week on track as a Formula 1 team, Cadillac’s “debugging” shakedown may have encountered more problems than surprises, but Sergio Perez would rather have it now than ...

The first chapter of Formula 1’s new era is finally in the books, as the teams return to their bases after five days of running in Barcelona. While the shakedown shouldn’t be used as an outline for ...

After a week of constant laps and learning about their new cars, the teams returned to the Circuit de Catalunya for their final day of the shakedown. With no rain forecast, the teams could get plenty ...

Before the Cadillac F1 race car ever saw open track, the marque pulled the covers off its Barcelona Shakedown Special Edition livery. Draped in black and silver, the scheme honored the transatlantic ...